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The summit begins Thursday October 28th, at 5 p.m. with a screening of the Hip Hop documentary “Letter to the President” followed by a Hip Hop town hall meeting addressing youth unemployment & violence.

On Friday October 29 7 p.m. Rashad Sun hosts the “Weight of the World Political Prisoners. These activities will be held at the Mary McLeod Bethune Life Center, located at 140 Martin Luther King Dr. Jersey City, NJ 07305.

The summit concludes Saturday October 30th with workshops and forums on safe sex, entrepreneurship and the prison industrial complex. This portion of the summit will take place at the African American Historical Society Museum, located at 1841 John F. Kennedy Blvd. Jersey City, NJ 07305.

We are very pleased to announce that we have joined up with CHICANO RADIO NETWORK (CRN) as a new ‘Affiliate Partner’ and rely on them to be our ‘Official Radio’ for the visitors to ThugLifeArmy.com & TLA-PROnline.com.

Gaining the reputation for being a hip-hop, rap and urban news web site that is far from the mainstream and associating our self with worthwhile activities that deal with hip-hop culture, we felt this is a great thing for all involved.

CHICANO RADIO NETWORK or CRN Live is one of the best stations we have encountered for internet radio.

With today’s wide and diverse hip-hop culture, no other radio station comes close to representing the real hip-hop culture than does CRN.

With this unique ‘Partnership’ with CRN, we will provide an up to the minute news feed for the stations site and they in turn will provide the best of classic and current hip-hop, rap, R&B and classic Latino music for us; as they have been doing for the community of hip-hop for 10 years.

There are different Studios and different sounds and a variety of programs at CRN. So if you are feeling in an underground rap and hip-hop mood you will find it. If Motown or R&B is what your feeling at the moment, that can be found also. The diversity of the music and the artists themselves make the station a very unique welcomed asset.

This is a station that is truly about the music. Give them a listen and you to will understand why we have aligned ourselves with them and what they are doing for the hip-hop community.

For more than two decades, the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) has worked to end violence against women and children around the world, because everyone has the right to live free of violence. Instrumental in developing the landmark Violence Against Women Act passed by Congress in 1994, the FVPF has continued to break new ground by reaching new audiences including men and youth, promoting leadership within communities to ensure that violence prevention efforts become self-sustaining, and transforming the way health care providers, police, judges, employers and others respond to violence. For more information, visit www.endabuse.org

ADVOCATES ALARMED ABOUT IMMIGRATION RAIDS

Leading domestic and sexual violence experts are raising serious concerns about potential violations of human rights in the aftermath of raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on meatpacking plants in six states on Tuesday. Advocates for victims of domestic and sexual violence are reporting inhumane treatment of those who have been detained, with some parents being separated from newborns and not being allowed to relay information about children with serious medical conditions.

The largest immigration raid in U.S. history resulted in the arrests of close to 1,300 people who work at Swift meatpacking plants in Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Texas and Utah on December 12. Many are now being held at a National Guard facility near Des Moines, or being bused to similar facilities in Atlanta. In the first days after the raids, advocates for victims of violence, clergy and others who tried to see the detainees were turned away.

“The rights of victims of violence – and of all people – must be protected, even as the government enforces its laws,” said Family Violence Prevention Fund President Esta Soler. “All of those arrested are entitled to humane treatment and due process, and some of them may well have rights under the Violence Against Women Act. We ask officials to take all steps necessary to protect their rights and respect their dignity. It is terribly sad that during this holiday season so many parents have been ripped away from their children and subjected to callous treatment.”

There are persistent reports that Latinos who are U.S. citizens were arrested during the raids. Candlelight vigils in support of immigrants are being planned in the affected states, including Denver and Greeley, Colorado; Omaha and Grand Island, Nebraska; Des Moines, Dubuque, Marshalltown and Sioux City, Iowa; and Austin, Minnesota.

Those who wish to help can:

Call or email their Senators and Representative to ask that all detainees be treated humanely and given due process, that parents be allowed contact with their children, and that officials be mindful that some of the detainees may have rights under the Violence Against Women Act. To contact your Members of Congress, call 202/224-3121 and ask to be connected to their office. To email your Members of Congress, click here.

WORLD AIDS DAY 2006

Friday, December 1 was World AIDS Day – the 19th consecutive year that individuals and agencies around the world have united to raise awareness and fight HIV and AIDS on this Day. "The issue of women and girls within the AIDS epidemic needs continued and increased attention," UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot said in a World AIDS Day statement.

2.9 million people died of AIDS-related illnesses this year, and there were 4.3 million new infections – 400,000 more new infections than in 2004, according to the UNAIDS 2006 AIDS Epidemic Update. The highest rates of new infections are among those ages 15 to 24 and among married women in their 20s and 30s. Two-thirds of all those infected with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa, and women make up 60 percent of those infected in the region.

Most experts agree that stopping violence is essential to slowing the spread of HIV/AIDS and to addressing the epidemic's disproportionate impact on women and children. Violence or fear of violence can keep women and girls from protecting themselves from infection, negotiating safer sex, getting counseling, getting tested, or getting treatment if they are HIV positive.

"In the 25 years since the first case was reported, AIDS has changed the world," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan said in a statement. "It has killed 25 million people and infected 40 million more. It has become the world's leading cause of death among both women and men aged 15 to 59. It has inflicted the single greatest reversal in the history of human development. In other words, it has become the greatest challenge of our generation."

The theme of this year's World AIDS Day is accountability, which Annan said "requires every President and Prime Minister, every parliamentarian and politician, to… work for real, positive change that will give more power and confidence to women and girls, and transform relations between women and men at all levels of society." Accountability also "requires fathers, husbands, sons and brothers to support and affirm the rights of women," he added. "It requires teachers to nurture the dreams and aspirations of girls. It requires men to help ensure that other men assume their responsibility – and understand that real manhood means protecting others from risk. And it requires every one of us help bring AIDS out of the shadows, and spread the message that silence is death."

The World Health Organization reports that more than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981, and predicts another 117 million AIDS-related deaths in the next 25 years.

The red ribbon is the symbol for AIDS awareness, worn in support of people living with HIV and in remembrance of those who have died. On Friday, December 1st, people around the world wore red ribbons for World AIDS Day.

NEW REPORT DETAILS DOMESTIC HOMICIDES IN MA

There were 17 incidents of domestic homicide resulting in the deaths of 24 people (19 victims and five perpetrators who committed suicide) in Massachusetts in 2003, according to a new report from Jane Doe Inc. Three-fourths of the murder victims had been in an adult intimate relationship with the person who killed them, and the rest were known to perpetrators as being close to and supportive of the victim.

“With this and future annual reviews of Massachusetts’ domestic violence homicides, we hope to raise awareness among individuals, communities, systems and policy makers around the Commonwealth about the lethal and often predictable consequences of domestic violence and to improve our response to domestic violence and prevention of homicides,” said Jane Doe Inc. Executive Director Mary Lauby.

Researchers found that previous physical harm or threats were documented in eleven of the 17 relationships. Three victims were known to have been stalked by the perpetrators prior to their murders. Thirty-two percent of the victims were over age 50, bringing attention to elder abuse.

Children were also victims in Massachusetts in 2003. One child was murdered and five children were in the home at the time of the homicide; three of those five children witnessed the murder. There are at least 41 surviving descendents of the homicide victims and perpetrators and more than half are minor children.

All 13 female homicide victims were killed by adult males, and ten were killed by current or former partners, half of whom were their husbands. Five men were killed in domestic violence homicides in 2003. Three of the five were killed by current female partners, and one perpetrator had long been abused by the man she killed. One of the other two male victims was killed by a same-sex partner and the other was killed by the male fiancé of a former girlfriend.

The report also notes that the media's coverage of domestic violence homicides often promotes myths and stereotypes about domestic violence, victims and batterers, missing opportunities to educate the public, hold systems accountable and provide the necessary context for understanding these crimes.

The report profiles the victims and uses court documents and media accounts to detail the crimes. Researchers used more than 100 newspaper accounts to compile the list of possible victims. Incidents were considered domestic violence related if: the victim and perpetrator were former spouses or intimate partners, adults or teens with a child in common, or adults or teens in a current or former dating relationship; the victim was a bystander or intervened in an attempted domestic violence homicide and was killed; the motive for murder was reported to include jealousy, in the context of an intimate partner or dating relationship; or a relationship existed between the perpetrator and adult or teen victim that could be defined as exhibiting a pattern of power and control.

HOLIDAY SHOPPING

During this holiday season, many advocates want to shop and contribute to a worthy cause at the same time. Here are some shopping opportunities made easy and charitable!

World of Good: The Women’s Edge Coalition presents beautiful merchandise from World of Good. World of Good creates opportunities for artisan cooperatives around the world by serving as a bridge to the U.S. retail market. World of Good respectfully assists artisans by providing access to fair wages, safe working conditions and long-term economic sustainability. Proceeds will support the Global Opportunity for Women Campaign and ten percent of profits are donated to the social and economic development of World of Good’s local artisans. For more information on World of Good and the Women’s Edge Coalition, please visit, www.womensedge.org/goforwomen/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=48.

Rwanda Path to Peace Project: The Path to Peace project employs more than 2,500 weavers and affects tens of thousands of lives. Each basket in the 2006 Collection is inspired by a traditional Rwandan design and entirely handmade by a master weaver using a centuries-old technique. Focused on trade, not aid, the Rwanda Path to Peace project puts the power of opportunity into the hands of the women of Rwanda, providing not only income but the chance to take an active role in the shaping of their future. For more information about Rwanda Path to Peace Project and to shop for baskets, please visit, http://www1.macys.com/campaign/rwanda/index.jsp.

Commitment to Strength: Jewelry designer Jennifer Leitzes created the “Commitment to Strength” charm to help raise funds and awareness to end domestic violence. Each hand-crafted piece hangs from a matching chain and is engraved with the words justice, strength, hope, dignity and respect. Pieces are available in silver and yellow, white or rose gold. Thirty percent of each charm sold will directly benefit Break the Cycle. For holiday delivery, orders must be processed by December 15, but the jewelry will be available after that. For more information, please visit www.breakthecycle.org/images/leitzes_order_form.pdf.

USE THE STOP FAMILY VIOLENCE STAMP THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

Use the Stop Family Violence Stamp for your holiday correspondence!

The Stop Family Violence Stamp is available at most local post offices, by phone at 1-800-STAMP-24 and online at www.usps.com. The price of the semipostal pays for first class single-piece postage plus a contribution to domestic violence programs paid out through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Available information includes the demography of U.S. children of immigrants, best practices for working with immigrants and refugee communities, immigration guidelines for staff, and more.

IN THE NEWS

NATIONAL – The House of Representatives approved a resolution (H. Res 1086) supporting the goals of National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week, to be held on February 5-9, 2007, by unanimous consent earlier this month. Representatives Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) and Mary Bono (R-CA) sponsored the resolution. The Senate passed the same resolution in November.

VA – Governor Tim Kaine appointed members to his Governor’s Commission on Sexual Violence in late November. The Commission will make recommendations to improve the treatment of sexual violence victims and prevent and respond to related crimes. “The physical and emotional trauma suffered by victims of sexual violence, often compounded by silence and stigma surrounding the crime, calls for special attention in our response and prevention efforts,” Governor Kaine said in a statement. For more information, visit www.governor.virginia.gov/MediaRelations/NewsReleases/viewRelease.cfm?id=289.

PR – Domestic violence is more prevalent in the commonwealth’s central mountain towns than other areas of Puerto Rico, a study of police data has found, reports the San Juan Star. “Ideas and beliefs perpetuated in society about the subordination of women to men and inequality among genders” may explain the high incidence of domestic violence cases in Adjuntas and Utuado, said Director of Prevention and Education of the Women’s Affairs Advocate Office Sarinda Mirabal. Earlier this month, the commonwealth government held a five minute reflection and meditation to raise domestic violence awareness in 145 government agencies, public schools and private entities. So far this year, there have been 20 domestic violence related deaths.

SPAIN– The Council of Europe, the continent’s top human rights organization, launched a Campaign to Combat Violence against Women, including Domestic Violence in Madrid last month. The Campaign urges governments to prosecute offenders, give more support to victims and deliver concrete results in combating violence against women. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Spain was selected to launch the Campaign because of the country’s efforts to address domestic violence. Two years after Spain passed comprehensive anti-domestic violence legislation, Spanish leaders are realizing that laws are not enough and greater awareness is needed, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The Campaign will run through March 2008.

INTERNATIONAL – A new report finds that the world’s leading governments and international agencies are failing to meet their goals and provide treatment for AIDS and H.I.V. in the developing world. One goal that will not be realized is universal access to AIDS medications for 9.8 million people by 2010; it will fall short by five million people, predicts Missing the Target #3: Stagnation in AIDS Treatment Scale Up Puts Millions of Lives at Risk. The shortfall is particularly glaring when it comes to women and children, the New York Times reports. Drugs to prevent the mother to child transmission are only reaching nine percent of H.I.V. positive women in Africa, even though the drugs are inexpensive and readily available. The International Treatment Preparedness Coalition released the report in late November.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS

“Accountability – the theme of World AIDS Day on Friday – requires every president and prime minister, every parliamentarian and politician, to decide and declare that ‘AIDS stops with me...’ But accountability applies not only to those who hold positions of power. It also applies to all of us. It requires business leaders to work for HIV prevention in the workplace and in the wider community, and to care for affected workers and their families. It requires health workers, community leaders and faith-based groups to listen and care, without passing judgment. It requires fathers, husbands, sons and brothers to support and affirm the rights of women. It requires teachers to nurture the dreams and aspirations of girls. It requires men to help ensure that other men assume their responsibility – and understand that real manhood means protecting others from risk. It requires every one of us to help bring AIDS out of the shadows, and spread the message that silence is death.”

-- Kofi A. Annan, United Nations Secretary-General in a guest editorial “How the World can Conquer AIDS,” USA Today, November 29, 2006

“Is it rape if a woman agrees to have sex, then changes her mind after the act has begun and tells the man to stop? Not in Maryland, no matter how clear it is that the woman has withdrawn her consent. According to a ruling [in October] by the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, the state’s intermediate appellate court, forcing a woman to continue to have sex against her will is not rape under common law and state court precedents. If this is a correct interpretation of the law, the law should be changed… The real damage is done by this ruling, which promotes an offensively archaic view of women and is out of line with other states that have considered the question.”

-- “Rape Is Rape,” Washington Post editorial, November 27, 2006

SAVE THE DATE

January 15, 2007, Call for Proposals DueNorth Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault 18th Biennial ConferenceThe North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault announces a call for proposals for its Conference which will be held May 7 - 9 in Raleigh. The conference will bring together advocates, law enforcement, health professionals and community members to ensure that North Carolina has the best possible response to sexual violence. For more information, please call 1-888-737-2272.

January 27, 2007, Call for Proposals DueNational Sexual Assault ConferenceThe Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center announce a call for proposals for the National Sexual Assault Conference that will be held on September 14 - 17 at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. Proposals should showcase excellence and innovation in the anti-sexual violence movement, and topics may include both intervention and prevention issues. Workshops that demonstrate a culturally competent approach to traditionally underserved populations will be given priority. The request for proposal form can be accessed online at www.pcar.org/nsac/ or www.nsvrc.org/nsac/. For questions, please call 1-800-692-7445.

March 15-17, 2007, San Francisco, CA2007 National Conference on Health and Domestic ViolenceThe Family Violence Prevention Fund is holding its annual conference at the Marriott in San Francisco. Pre-Conference Institutes are set for March 15. The fourth biennial Health Conference attracts the nation’s leading medical, public health and family violence experts from across the U.S. and around the world to examine the long term health effects of domestic violence, the latest physical and mental health findings, innovative research, and prevention and intervention strategies. Registration is now open. More information is available at http://endabuse.org/health/conference/.

March 18-20, 2007, Baltimore, MDBeyond Awareness: Effecting ChangeJewish Women International is holding its third International Conference on Domestic Abuse in the Jewish Community at the Hyatt Regency in Baltimore. The Conference will capture the diversity of Jewish communities around the world. Some of the workshops will include: Battered Women Go to Court, Serving Women of Means, Addressing Same-Sex Domestic Abuse, Elder Abuse in the Jewish Community and more. Jewish and secular domestic violence service providers, advocates, survivors of abuse and educators are encouraged to register. More information is available at www.jewishwomen.org/programs/dvconference3.htm, email conference@jwi.org or call 1-800-343-2823.

March 19-20, 2007, Long Beach, CAMobilizing to End Domestic Violence in the African American Community: A Contract for ChangeThe Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community is hosting a conference at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach Hotel. Participants will examine successful mobilization efforts focused on various aspects of domestic violence among African Americans and explore the early days of mainstream domestic violence and civil rights movements as successful models that produced societal change. For more information, please visit www.dvinstitute.org/March2007/default.htm.

]]>Estella.Mystagic@gmail.com (Staff ID12)ThugLifeArmySat, 14 May 2005 08:56:52 +0000Tupac The Comediumhttp://www.thuglifearmy.com/thuglife/4272-tupac-the-comedium.html
http://www.thuglifearmy.com/thuglife/4272-tupac-the-comedium.htmlTupac Shakur, the late west coast hip-hop rap icon, has many theories surrounding him and his death. There are even those who say that the rap artist is not dead.

Tupac was murdered in 1996 in Las Vegas. Since then people refuse to let him rest in peace and now there is a new twist to this picture.

There is a psychic medium and comedienne named Beatrice Marot, who is writing a book called "Moviestars, Mobsters, Merlin and Me". It is about different people but there is a chapter on Tupac Shakur that will get the ‘alive theory‘ people motivated, but maybe in the opposite direction.

Beatrice tells me “Tupac Shakur has been around me for the last couple of years and I know this sounds crazy but it is the truth”.

The following chapter is from her yet unfinished book "Moviestars, Mobsters, Merlin and Me". It explains exactly the way Tupac came to her in a dream. Beatrice says “perhaps you have a way to get this to his mama (Afeni Shakur) because Tupac is all about his mama”.

Beatrice tells me that “Tupac also gave me a rapper name because I do a little rhyming for my stand-up! Tupac christened me "Ten Percent" because "I''m 90% angel and 10% bitch!!!"

Now I am not approving or dis-approving what she is writing because who am I to say. I am just letting you know what kinds of Tupac works are in progress. She was nice enough to let us have the full chapter as it now stands so sit back and enjoy the read. Feel free to comment on this in our forums HERE.

After you read this if you would like to know more about Beatrice and keep up on the books progress and her upcoming documentary her web site is HERE. Check her out.

THE MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION

My friend Ginger is a celebration of womanhood.Ginger and I always create wonderful, fun, loving situations wherever we go.No matter how the encounter begins, it ends with my three favorite things - Love, Light and Laughter.

One of our most wonderful adventures began in late February of 2001.I was lounging around my house one Sunday morning when the telephone rang.

“Hello.”

“Hey, Bea, it’s Ginger.”

“What’s up?”

“Well, I’ve got two tickets for a screening of the new Chris Rock movie “Down To Earth,” and I was wondering if you’d like to go?”

“Yea, sure, I’d love to.I love Chris Rock.”

“O.K. then, I’ll come by and pick you up.”

We went to see “Down to Earth” which was a very funny movie and considering what happened next, the title of this movie is very significant.This is how it went “down.”Following the movie, Ginger and I were cruising down Hollywood Blvd. when she asked me, “Bea, have you ever had the mulled wine at “The Cat and The Fiddle.”

“No, I haven’t been very big on mulled wine in this life.”

“Oh my God, it’s soooo amazing.I have to take you there.”

We went to this great pub but were dismayed to find out that mulled wine is only available for the holidays, so I settled for a Corona.We found a table in the patio and

I pulled out my Tarot deck and asked Ginger if she’d like a reading.She said “Sure.”

As I was giving her my insights, this black guy walks in, points at Ginger and yells out, “YOU!”Startled and slightly annoyed by the intrusion into our space, I became more open when he introduced himself as Demetrius which in Greek means “Belonging to the Mother Goddess.”For me, that was a sign.A sign of what I did not know.He was quite taken by Ginger and there was some lighthearted flirting going on between them and then he asked us, “Hey, do you like George Clinton and Parliament?”I said, “Hell yea, I love George Clinton.”

“Do you want to see them play at “The House of Blues” on Thursday night?”

Ginger was trying to place who George Clinton was and I said, “Come on girl, you know “The Mothership Connection.”Then I started singing, “One nation under a groove, getting down just for the funk of it.”

Demetrius said, “Yea, you know it.”

“That’s right baby, George Clinton . . . he’s my Daddy.”

We accepted his invitation and Demetrius and Ginger exchanged numbers.When I got home that night, I decided to honor George Clinton with a little rhyme.

Your life is a movie

Do you prefer Drama or Comedy?

If your script needs a rewrite

I can help you see the light

See who you really are

So you can shine, be a star

Then play your divine role

To help make this planet whole

So we can be

One nation under a groove

Getting down just for the funk of it!

Four days later we went to see “Clinton-The President of the United States of Funk” and as I was grooving to the beat, I turned around and there was Chris Rock standing right behind me!

Then, I was invited to come on stage and dance to my favorite Parliament song “Atomic Dog.”George Clinton even did the booty dance with me.”Bow Wow Wow Yippee Yo Yippee Yay!When I got off the stage, Clinton’s manager Archie walked up to me and said, “When I saw you dancin’ I could tell you’ve been funky for a loooong time.”

On the way home from the concert, I was talking to Ginger about my ex-boyfriend Carl and I said, “Carl is going to freak when I tell him that I was dancing on stage with George Clinton.He loves him as much as I do.”

“Oh, really.”

“Yea, that’s one of the reasons we bonded so well despite of our age difference.He loves the music of the seventies and listens to Parliament all the time.”

A few days later I was sitting at home and I was taken over by an overwhelming sense of hate towards Carl and a former girlfriend of mine who had moved in with him.This woman and I had a huge falling out and even though they said their relationship was plutonic I was still very resentful and that night I just felt so much hatred for both of them.I burst into tears and prayed to Jesus from the bottom of my heart.I said “Jesus, I know I’m here to bring love and light into the world but right now I want to kill my ex-boyfriend, so I can’t possibly have these feelings of such intense hatred. I really need your help.”

I fell asleep and I had a dream that her dog appeared to me and said, “Beatrice, I’m really really sick and I need to go to the vet.”When I awoke I immediately called Carl and asked him, “Carl, what’s wrong with Bonnie’s dog?”

“I don’t know.We’re trying to figure it out.She’s really sick.”

“Well, you need to take her to the vet.Her dog came to me in a dream last night and said she was really sick and needs to go to the vet.”

“Bea, what an amazing gift you have.”

“Yea . . . . what ever.”

That same night I had another dream.In the vision, I saw myself with the dog in a vet’s office.She was lying on a steel table and I was petting her stomach when all of a sudden I look up and I see the rapper Tupac Shakur coming through the ceiling.Two other rappers were behind him in the shadows and I couldn’t make out their faces but Tupac was as clear as could be.Tupac started rapping to me one verse after another after another all night.He rapped about me, about my life and my mission.It’s like he knew everything about me including my relationship with Carl.Normally I would have written down the rhymes but he was rapping so fast I just enjoyed the show.At one point Tupac yelled out letters while the two rappers behind him yelled out "period" and this is what they said, “L” period, “O” period, “V” period, “E” period.Let’s Overcome Violence Everywhere.IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO STOP THE HATE.That’s the name of the movie!”

The following morning I called Ginger and told her what happened.Demetrius was there with her and she said to him, “Beatrice had a dream that Tupac Shakur rapped to her all night.”Demetrius took the phone and said, “I’ve met Tupac Shakur’s mother.”

“Oh, really,” I said.

“Yea and Tupac and George Clinton wrote songs together when Tupac was alive.”

“Really, I didn’t know that.I really don’t know much about Tupac.Hold on a second, my other phone is ringing.”

“Hello.”

“Hey, Bea, it’s Michelle.How are you feeling?”

“A little Bow Wow Wow without the Yippee Yo Yippee Yay.Michelle, you won’t believe what happened to me last night.I dreamt that Tupac Shakur came and rapped to me all night.”

“Bea, I’m listening to Tupac Shakur right now on the radio singing a song about his mother.”

“You’re kidding?”

“No, it’s on the radio right now.”

“Let me call you right back.”

“I want to come over. I’m just down the street.”

“Sure.Come on over.”

I called Ginger back immediately and said, “Hey Ginger, I was telling my friend Michelle what happened and she tells me, “Tupac’s on the radio right now singing a song about his mother.”

Demetrius got on the phone and said, “Yea, Tupac wrote a song about his mother called “Dear Mama” about her struggles and how she inspired him to become who he was.”

“Wow, that’s beautiful.Listen my girlfriend is at the door so let’s talk later.”

I opened the door and there’s Michelle with a big smile on her face hiding something behind her back.She says, “Bea, I had to give this to you.I was doing a photo shoot for Sony with a fourteen-year-old rapper named Lil Bow Wow and look.”She handed me an album and the title was called "BEWARE OF DOG!!"

A couple of hours later I received a call from a guy named Fidel. Demetrius had told him all about me.Fidel hosts a socially conscious, politically aware, spiritually motivated hiphop radio show called “Seditious Beats” and guess who he had just interviewed?Yep,Tupac Shakur’s mother.There are certain people who are guided to me because they are here to do a lot of good in the world and I feel Fidel is one of them.I offered Fidel to come and see me for a session as a gift.When I met with him, he informed me that he had also produced a documentary about Tupac Shakur.At one point during our reading I asked him, “Are you working on a movie that is like a modern day hiphop version of West Side Story?”

“Yes I am.”

“Well, I think that the L.O.V.E. thing could be the name of the movie Tupac was talking about.

After I finished the reading I said, “Now Fidel, I’d like to guide you on a meditation where I take you into a higher realm of consciousness within yourself.You just describe to me what you’re seeing, then, I’ll read it back to you and interpret the symbols.It takes an hour or so but it’s really fun and very healing.”The following is the last part of Fidel's vision.

I go up the path of clouds.I see my great grandfather Librado.He says, “Build your garden and I will help you always.All you have to do is ask and I will be there for you.”I ask him to take me to a place of healing.I take him by the hand and he takes me to see my Grandmother Lena.She looks how she did when I used to play with her as a child.She gives me a big hug and says, “I’m so proud of you.”I give her my rosary and she transforms it into a necklace of all white beads.It signifies wisdom . . . the coolness to soothe the fire, to keep my head cool.I ask her, “Is there anything else I need to know before I go back?”She says, “Show your children how to love in this world.”

At this point I said out loud, “Fidel, I hear Tupac saying he would like to come into your vision but he needs your permission.Is it O.K.?”

“Yea, I see him.He’s wearing black overalls and a bandana tied over his head.He says “Thank-you so much for doing that stuff for my mom.You know, I’m just dropping seeds to change the world.”

“Fidel, can you say thank-you to Tupac on my behalf please?”

Tupac says, “Don’t trip.I know what you’re all about.You’re a great woman and that comes straight from G.O.D. - “Gangsta of Destiny.”He’s telling me, “You need to talk to Papa G and my mama and you need to get off your ass and write this movie or someone else will do it and you’ll miss the opportunity.You can do it.Hey man, my mom needs to be in the light.There are too many sharks around her.Everyone wants a piece of my pie and I left that pie for my mama.”I ask him “What about L.O.V.E.Is that the name of the movie?”“Hell yea, I wouldn’t have said that shit if I didn’t mean it.It’s already set in stone up here and I’m gonna put my flava in it.”

Two weeks later, Tupac's new album “Til the End of Time” was released.Thank-you for coming to me Tupac and I really hope I get to meet your mama soon.

In June, Ginger and I went to see actor Jeff Goldblum and his band play at a club where Ginger introduced me to a young man named Rebellum.A few minutes later Rebellum walked up to me and started rapping.I listened to him and when he finished I asked him, “Did you know Tupac Shakur by any chance?”

“No, but that’s funny you said that because earlier today I got a video about Tupac.”

“Can we go outside?I have a story I want to share with you.”

I recounted the whole Tupac story to Rebellum and when I finished I said, “Look Rebellum, I know it sounds crazy but I when I heard you rapping I immediately thought of Tupac because when he came to me in the dream he sounded a lot like you do.I really feel that Tupac wants to help you from the other side.”I was not prepared for what Rebellum said to me next.“Well, I want to tell you something.My mother is like you.She’s a renowned spiritual healer and advisor and the night Tupac got shot, my mother was called to be at Tupac’s side when he died.”

“You’re kidding me?”

“No man, I’m not.”

“Wow, Tupac is on top of it.I wasn’t even going to come tonight but I changed my mind at the last minute.Rebellum, Tupac guided me to you and there’s no doubt in my mind he wants to help you.”

Rebellum and I spent the rest of the night dancing and celebrating.The following evening he came over to my home and we watched the Tupac Shakur documentary.

The video gave me another confirmation I had been looking for.I wanted to know if Tupac made phrases out of words like he did with L.O.V.E. and G.O.D. while he was alive. On the video, one of Tupac’s friends said Tupac was always making things up like “N.I.G.G.A.-Never Ignorant Getting Goals Accomplished.”